UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD
Universal Freestyle 114
ACROSS
1 ___ President (title missing from American history)
6 Winter hrs. in California
9 “Terrif!”
12 Makes very happy
14 Fish whose female lays eggs in the male’s pouch
16 “Please stay!”
17 “You can’t give up yet!”
18 Idea such as class distinctions
20 Coastal bird
21 Name hidden in “Who can it be?”
22 Sleeping spots
23 Low-cal
24 Structure for a vine to climb
26 Mike and ___ (candy brand)
27 ANTI-DUI org.
28 @
32 Jamaican music genre
33 Tuna in a spicy poke bowl
34 GPS path
35 Business VIP
36 ___ please (does one’s best)
38 Portable sleeping spots
39 Friday, for the workweek
40 “I’ll have what she’s having ”
42 Selects, with “for”
43 Courage and persistence
45 Egg cells
46 Blue-green
47 “You’re freer than you think”
51 Russian grandmother ... or a headscarf she may wear
52 Make over
53 “Look alive!”
54 Old-fashioned train lounge?
55 Golfer’s goal, at least
56 Thesaurus wd.
57 Really little
DOWN
1 Dr.’s orders
2 Indian potato snack
3 Group of movers and shakers?
4 Garb
5 Rap’s ___ Thee Stallion
6 Garlicky Puerto Rican
pork shoulder
7 Simon ___ (kids’ game)
8 “What a bummer!”
9 Quack
10 Sportswear brand headquartered in Kobe
11 Flexed
13 Sun, in Spanish
14 Highly influenced?
15 Fiona, e.g.
19 Rap’s ___ B
23 Simpson who plays the
saxophone
24 Western lake whose name means “big water” in Washoe
25 Milky coffee drink
27 They assess your problem-solving skills
29 Elsa’s architectural
feat in “Frozen”
30 Courteous chap
31 Subtle shoutouts
34 Like Venus, but not Aphrodite
37 Foment
38 Warning
41 Aaron who created “The West Wing ”
42 Composer’s lifework
43 Accra’s country
44 Concrete support rod
46 Word you might s-p-e-l-l if your pet is near
47 Recipe amt.
48 “___, matey!”
49 Ornament shape
50 Word that aptly surrounds “sprightly”